High-Speed Photographic Study of Wave Propagation and Impact Damage in Fused Silica and AlON Using the Edge-On Impact (EOI) Method
- Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI), Am Klingelberg 1, 79588 Efringen-Kirchen (Germany)
- US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 (United States)
- US Army TARDEC, Warren, MI (United States)
An Edge-on Impact (EOI) technique, developed at the Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI), coupled with a Cranz-Schardin high-speed camera, has been successfully utilized to visualize dynamic fracture in many brittle materials. In a typical test, the projectile strikes one edge of a specimen and damage formation and fracture propagation is recorded during the first 20 {mu}s after impact. In the present study, stress waves and damage propagation in fused silica and AlON were examined by means of two modified Edge-on Impact arrangements. In one arrangement, fracture propagation was observed simultaneously in side and top views of the specimens by means of two Cranz-Schardin cameras. In another arrangement, the photographic technique was modified by placing the specimen between crossed polarizers and using the photo-elastic effect to visualize the stress waves. Pairs of impact tests at approximately equivalent velocities were carried out in transmitted plane (shadowgraphs) and crossed polarized light.
- OSTI ID:
- 20875788
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 845, Issue 1; Conference: American Physical Society Topical Group conference on shock compression of condensed matter, Baltimore, MD (United States), 31 Jul - 5 Aug 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2263465; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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